Gifts that Ruined an 80's Childs Christmas

[@morgangallowglass8668]

"It's just as good..." The death nell of so many desires. Funny how you get to an age when socks and unders is a perfect gift!

[@ThatJunkman]

i got to the age where i tell anyone "Don't get many thing, keep the money for yourself"

[@DaveReece-uh3le]

It actually happened to me as a 9 year old in 1978.. but it ended up being a blessing in disguise. All I wanted were STAR WARS figures.. My grandma got me MICRONAUTS because she didn't know the difference. I ended up loving them & still do!

[@MrDiddlebug]

Micronauts were awesome. I had a few, and they had some pretty cool vehicles too.

[@gecko-sb1kp]

I still have my Micronauts and Battle Cruiser from 1978. They mean so much to me...

[@keithprofitt3717]

That happened to me when I was all into Star Wars action figures and the ship’s and playset’s and for Christmas one year they got me The Micro Collection Bespin World. It’s not really playable. It wasn’t till I was older when I started to really appreciate it. I’m glad I kept all my stuff. Such a big part of my childhood.

[@HouMat-if5fi]

My mom never quite understood that a "remote control" car with a CORD attached to it is pretty much worthless.

[@brianknapp6215]

@@HouMat-if5fi So were the ones that just went forward and turned left in reverse...

[@SeansModelBuilds2017]

I had one of those.

[@3Storms]

Those cars that had no bottom were "Tootsietoy cars."

[@MrDiddlebug]

Christmas 1983 I asked for a ColecoVision, and what I got was a Coleco Gemini. It was basically an Atari 2600 knockoff built by Coleco. Ah, well. First world problems I guess.

[@sithcritic8906]

No way, man, you got ripped off that Christmas.

[@miguelbotelho2613]

funny thing is... many of those Bootleg figures are worth a fortune now. Just try finding a Mr. Rock figure on card these days.

[@gecko-sb1kp]

My favorite bootlegs from the 70s were the Lincoln International '8-inch Monsters'. The Mummy being my all-time favorite. 50 cents in K-Mart in the mid 70s, now you'd need to rob the bank of Monte Carlos to afford one...

[@greyeyed123]

I remember my grandma hearing I liked Star Wars, so she got me M.A.S.K. stuff. But it was actually kinda cool anyway, lol.

[@jokebone1]

Tootsie Toys was one of the bigger companies that made those metal cars with no bottom, windows or opening doors or hoods. The ones that usually came in a pack of a few similar cars. Kids must have destroyed most of them because you'd be surprised how much they go for on Ebay.

[@WILLIAMWILKINSON-r4b]

Grandma shops at the $ store 😂😂

[@NintendoSuperstar93]

Nothing ruins a kid’s Christmas like getting clothes and socks, but as an adult, I appreciate the things I need the most.

[@ThatJunkman]

i can get that crap myself :)

[@brianknapp6215]

We have a saying in my house at Christmas: "Socks, socks- everybody gets socks!"

[@shanester1832]

I drove in wearing my only change of clothes, confident I'd get new socks + for the drive back. It worked out except for no new shirts. I'll be dipping into my high school closet tomorrow.

[@nerdcraftercoley7305]

Socks are my favorite gift

[@SoulforSale]

Tee shirts. Yes.

[@opuscrap4322]

In 1981 I asked for a Slave 1 and I got a twin pod cloud car. :( That was the last year I ever asked Santa for anything.

[@stevegallo8483]

First, the Atari 7800 wasn't that bad. I had one. (Still have it.) It would use the Atari 2600 joysticks, and it played Atari 2600 games. Oh, and it had an arcade perfect version of Ms. Pac Man! 2, when the Members Only jackets were popular, A lot of brands ripped it off so there were plenty of copycats. The most popular color for those jackets was black. For Christmas one year when I was in high school, I asked for a black Members Only jacket to look cool for the girls. I got a jacket alright. It was a knockoff, and it was blue.

[@ThatJunkman]

Yes it was. No friend wanted to play it, no friend wanted to swap games for the weekend. Just cause it’s good doesn’t mean it’s not a bad gift

[@jaybates428]

Knockoff vintage figures can be worth more than the original

[@subraxas]

YEP!!!

[@ScottAskins-t3n]

Happy Holiday's Junkman, Russ, and Cozmo!

[@brotherinchrist1079]

I hated getting that book of lifesavers rolls. But i did find good a use for them. They were ammo for my wrist Rocket sling shot. To all the poor kids who were shot with those lifesavers candy, I do apologize!!😂😂😂

[@BADD1ONE]

I remember getting the terminator with the flesh chamber. You mixed some poweder and it cast over the terminator body. The figure didnt move. It was a damn statue. But after the first cast i realized how cool it was peeling of the flesh for imaginary battles. My mom even helped me make homemade latex mixture with flour and something else once the stuff it came with ran out. It turned out pretty cool

[@katenunyabizness9221]

Probably was tootsie toys cars, just shells with wheels that often refused to roll freely.

[@ThatJunkman]

Yes!

[@seanstoyroom2021]

​@@ThatJunkmanI think I have a plastic yellow one.

[@oh_poor_damaged_mepatrick1529]

I wanted a Star Wars Carry case like Vader's head... never c3po... and I had the star world case instead... glad I was an only child and an introvert...no one had to see my shame

[@rumblehat4357]

Did everybody have that Star World figures case? They must have made millions of them

[@BDUBZ49]

I had the Vader head case. Never filled it, though. 🙁

[@rumblehat4357]

Funny, as now I’d like to have my Star World case. No idea what happened to it. It probably fell apart. I remember the plastic tray inside was really flimsy.

[@robertwentland1065]

How many boys asked for a Red Ryder 200 carbine action 200-shot range air rifle bb gun and were disappointed that they didn't get one because their mother told them that "they'd shoot their eye out" 😂😂😂

[@francoisregis2155]

🤣🤣🤣

[@BDUBZ49]

I got a BB gun one year that I never asked for. I can't remember if I wasn't really interested in one, or if I just told myself that because I didn't think it was an option. Anyways, my older brother got me one when I was about 10... a Crossman. It was cool, for a couple years.

[@TheAtariCreep]

Honestly, I like Galaxy Heroes. Ball Tard rules!!!! 3:44 :( But, you're right. LOL You can still get the Stunt Cycle.

[@ThatJunkman]

yes i tried to get them to send me for a review but they said they never replied, they ask a little much for it.

[@gooniesgirl1979]

Your grandma sounded like a cool lady from hearing about her in your your videos.

[@ThatJunkman]

very much, spoiled us

[@charliem9831]

I asked for He-Man I did get him, only it was the battle armor one. I asked for Optimus Prime but got Ultra Magnus instead. I finally got Prime but it was the power master one that I just hated but smiled anyway. Old enough to know my disappointment hurt feelings so hide it.

[@_The_Worst_]

Geesh...😔...I'm so sorry that happened to you, bro...💔...I majorly sympathize with ya...👌🏼💯✔️

[@charliem9831]

@ yeah I’m broken hearted about that 🙄

[@Sean-ms8hx]

Yo my mom was sooo good at getting me action figures . She knew the difference between the knock offs and the real thing. She didn’t like wasting money on generic toys lol

[@seanstoyroom2021]

So was mine: I got DragonBlaster Skeletor and Battle Armour He-Man, and a MOTU Lunchbox. I still have them.

[@stephensmith3708]

Oh, the memories. I remember my grandma gave me a weird space ship, i a small size one, turned out to be a small scaled version of the SDF-1 from Maccross/ Robotech. Brother, you took me back!

[@thomasprice8019]

The one with the ghost choking kid looked way too creepy

[@sithcritic8906]

Junkman should do a video on cool toys kids never ask for. Like the Transformers mini pinball game I got in 1984. A on brand adjacent toy that parents buy to mix things up. Like the Artoo punch bag.

[@greyeyed123]

Pop your Flash Gordon ship on the popcorn ceiling on the POPPIN' Junkman Channel...though.

[@subraxas]

9:40 - Why does Mr. Knievel have Czech flag below his seat? 😀

[@subraxas]

I mean, Buddy L was at least a legitimate toymaker company.

[@BDUBZ49]

Right. I'd say some were almost as good as ERTL.

[@gecko-sb1kp]

As soon as my mum started leaving low strength beer out for Santa, he started getting my orders right...

[@BDUBZ49]

What's "low strength beer" ?

[@gecko-sb1kp]

@@BDUBZ49 It's the drink you have when you're not having a drink. Only applicable in Australia...

[@BDUBZ49]

@@gecko-sb1kp Haha. Sounds delightful.

[@gecko-sb1kp]

@@BDUBZ49 I'm telling you the truth. Australian beer comes in various strength. And it just hit midnight and 2025 down here so happy New Year...😀

[@AnakinStarkiller1974]

Merry Christmas brother great video!!!🌲🎅🎁🎄

[@alexianemp]

1984 Xmas, I asked up and down for the Ewok Catapult. I cirlcled it in the catalog to make sure my mom knew. Then on Xmas day, I get the Ewok Glider..... I asked my mom, and she said "i'm not having you launch catapults in this house!" Did she think that tiny catapult with a plastic rock could hurt anything? sheesh! That glider was the last ever SW toy I got for a present as a kid.

[@maxbrandt6]

For me, it was Christmas of '84, EVERYONE was getting Transformers, and I was so hoping to get some Autobots and Decepticons, I had a list made up and I was ready. What did I get? Max Steel's Robo Force, they all looked the same and they all looked like the garbage cans you see at your local park. I was SUPER disappointed, literally in tears. Looking back, I should have been much more appreciative that I got anything since Transformers were expensive and everyone was on a budget.

[@williammahoney8215]

Tootsie Toys metal cars were what you were talking about. They came in 6 or 8 cars on a cardboard strip for less than a dollar.

[@cabbitkisser2620]

this is one of the reasons i learned to hate Christmas growing up.

[@subraxas]

😀 + 😞

[@Brett0000]

I had Photon instead of Lazer Tag! Photon actual wasn’t a knock off😂

[@seppackynewman7802]

I’ve heard Photon worked better. But everybody I knew had Lazer Tag. It had Better marketing and commmericals

[@shanester1832]

I had photon too but just the blasters, not the vest etc. Kinda hurt the action play realism when you have to aim at the end of the other blaster.

[@subraxas]

@@seppackynewman7802 Which one of the two had the short-lived live-action sci-fi TV show?

[@BDUBZ49]

I had a metal Marvel Heroes lunchbox and thermos. Wish I still had it today. I remember the actor who played Luke on General Hospital doing commercials for Members Only jackets. HAHAHA Vance and Coy!

[@seanstoyroom2021]

I didn't get the popular toys for Christmas: I got Air Raiders, Construx and Visionaries. 40 years later, I still have them and good thing too: because they are much harder to find than Star Wars, MOTU or GI Joe.

[@jackkintsel7605]

Got my black Members Only jacket! Rocked it with my camo pants & grey, pink pinstriped LeTigre shirt. Way ahead of my time!

[@BDUBZ49]

That's French for "The Tigre" 😀

[@williammahoney8215]

I asked for Legos when I was 9 years old and got something called Lock Blocks.

[@Mark_Prince]

Mr Rock is actually very desirable now.

[@ThatJunkman]

But not then :)

[@subraxas]

Definitely!!!

[@Joel-ym3ij]

The Rebel truck was far mor durable than The General Lee. My friend had a General Lee car, and the plastic axel clip broke almost immediately trying to recreate the jumping car scenes.

[@roberterwine7650]

Merry Christmas Junkman :)

[@tperson8347]

I had that same cheap electronic RoboCop. I would hold it up to my guitar with the effects on. When pitched down, it sounded like Mario going down a pipe. :) I liked that green alien figure, but I agree, not for Christmas. Thanks for the video

[@SoulforSale]

In 1983 I asked Santa at the mall for G.I.Joes but I got little green army men instead. Santa is a filthy liar.

[@lonreed9743]

I love my MOTU! Whenever I got a non-MOTU character, I’d give them a name, figure if they’re good or evil and add them to the roster.

[@omegasupreme1970]

The atari 7800 kicked ass better graphics than the nes and could even play 2600 games so Yeah 7800 was awesome

[@ThatJunkman]

that didnt mean you didnt get laughed at and friends wouldn't swap games with you. sometimes better isnt really better

[@omegasupreme1970]

true very true

[@ciscodeer9094]

Yep I had my share of cheap store knock off cars

[@mikescully6972]

I’d ask my granny for chuck Taylor’s , and she’d get me brown buster brown shoes , lol she insisted they were better than canvas shoes, oh I miss her so much!

[@ChrisRoth1972]

Your video was entertaining & trip!!!!! I haven’t heard of many of these toys,I guess I am lucky because every year I usually get what I want for Christmas. Raiders of the lost Ark on VHS & Beta retailed for 39.95,I know I saved my allowance to buy it. Anyway Junkman I hope u had a good Christmas & Happy New Year to u!!!!!

[@matthewgaudet4064]

How about socks instead of an Optimus Prime out of the 1984 Christmas Sears catalog, I got you beat.

[@ThatJunkman]

Sad

[@raulzavala9061]

Or how about you ask for Transformers The Movie on VHS but instead you get the Gobots Battle Of The Rock Lords.

[@BDUBZ49]

When the new Transformers movie came out in '07, or whenever... it was immediately followed by a knock-off Transmorphers. The DVD box looked really similar....if you weren't paying attention!

[@arielfilmsinc1926]

Marrzon Marzon he's right on Walking tall and marching on

[@douglasnichols6116]

I had the space 1999 (I say this all the time on your channel)

[@ThatJunkman]

my brother had it, it was cool

[@subraxas]

But it was made by Mattel as well as the Flash Gordon starship, right? 🙂

[@Ringey247]

One time I asked my mom for Christmas to get me Mario kart 64 and instead, she got me Mario 64. And I already had that game.

[@_The_Worst_]

Man...🤦🏻...I'm so sorry that happened to you...I can so feel your💢pain...😕 I can just imagine how you probably so eagerly waited to open that game on Christmas🎁morning, them💥boom...a major💔letdown...no new fun game to play on Christmas🎄day...😭...I so sympathize with you...👌🏼 Whatever ended up happening...❓️...when did you finally get to take back the wrong game and exchange it...❓️❓️❓️

[@Ringey247]

@@_The_Worst_ Yes i exchanged it. but when i got to KB toys they did not have anymore copys so i had to wait a week & a half to buy one .

[@_The_Worst_]

@Ringey247 🫨...This is a horror story...😭...I'm sorry this happened to you...💔💔💔

[@nerdcraftercoley7305]

My first video game console was the Atari 7800 1987 when I was 8 years old I got the Nintendo a couple years later. It was pretty cool it had asteroids two bundled with it. By the way that Mr Rock action figure it's worth a lot more than that Spock action figure. Spook chasers which is the only accurate knockoff of the real Ghostbusters line is also worth a whole lot more money than the original Ghostbusters toys.

[@peterrenaud9639]

I asked for the degobah playset and I got the degobah model kit ffs😭😭😭 worst present ever. I even got 2 of them from 2 different people effing it up😭😭😭

[@ThatJunkman]

ugh!!! models are a JOB not a toy

[@sithcritic8906]

Good example.

[@petecampolito5092]

I got the model too 😒 asked for the kenner playset .

[@mikemonk4375]

I asked for the Mattel Rodan Shogun Warrior with wing flapping action. What did I get? The Mattel Gregory the vampire bat with blood pumping action. Blew mine up with a cherry bomb about six months later. Now they sell for $600 in good condition on EBay.

[@BDUBZ49]

Oh man look at all that stuff... Falcon, General Lee, Mach 5.... love the Filmation intro too!. Looks like they race-swapped that Spock figure! 🤣🤣

[@jimjam51075]

I used to get those Spook Chaser bottle rockets.

[@Straight0uttaCrofton]

i may still have that Hot Wheels™Prowler

[@jjdigitalvideosolutionsllc5343]

My mom got me & my brother Star World cases. I still have them too. As for the NES vs Atari 7800, that's a tough call. NES had a far bigger game selection, but I hated those controllers. The 7800 could play all 2600 games too, so that was one plus. I'd definitely take a 7800 controller over the NES thumbpad any day of the week. But a proper quick-shot joystick with multiple buttons would be best, even for the NES.

[@_The_Worst_]

😮‍💨...I highly💓sympathize with ya on this...😤...they ain't nothing worse than when somebody doesn't listen, pay attention, or understand, and they fawk💢it all up with some kinda knockoff piece of shat garbage...😒...another thing that's really bad is when you ask them to get you a pop, and you're somewhere waiting on them to get back, then they hand you the diet version of it...😖...and they manage to do it every fawking time...😡...somehow you gotta get'em back, so then little accidents start happening...🤘🏼😉💯✔️

[@neildavis2999]

I think I like Galaxy Man better than Robocop. 2 guns and a laser sword- that's cool.

[@subraxas]

Didn't the card rather say "Galactic Man"?

[@candacecherry2846]

Marrey chismas junk man

[@Cincinnatijames]

Honestly, I'd be disappointed in getting Greedo. That other figure is way cooler

[@ThatJunkman]

As an adult maybe

[@subraxas]

😀

[@Boogenhagen100]

spook chasers is not a child's game from what I've heard. 😂

[@joshuaross4644]

As a kid I was only disappointed on one Christmas 🎄 It was 1983 and I said I didn’t want anything except for a Fender Stratocaster as I’d been playing for 3 years and was ready to step up to an electric. I got everything but the Strat 😅 I scored big time with ROTJ & MOTU including a Castle Greyskull

[@BDUBZ49]

I'd love to have an '83 Sears Silvertone now!

[@tmthor]

Hey I got the tomland figures for Christmas and loved them

[@subraxas]

👍

[@JohnSwindells-zm4sq]

A great video so thanks Junkman

[@francoisregis2155]

I remember one christmas I was supposed to have the Bionic bigfoot (saw it in my mom’s closet so I was really happy christmas day no big foot but hockey gears and a hockey sweater of the montreal Canadien I was so pissed Fortunatly the hockey gear was useful since I played hockey from the age of 4 to 18 years old 😃 but damn I still wish I could get my hands on a bionic big foot

[@jason34119]

Now hold on don't be hating on Alan Quartermain. King Solomon's Mines was a decent movie.

[@subraxas]

Wasn't it an entire trilogy, starring Richard Chamberlain?

[@jason34119]

@subraxas Was supposed to be a trilogy but the second movie tanked at the box office and they canceled the third

[@subraxas]

@@jason34119 Oh, OK, thanks. I vaguely remember that Sharon Stone also starred on one of them.

[@jason34119]

@@subraxas She was in both.

[@alserranojr4945]

Junkman, did your mom ever get it right? 😂

[@bobross8786]

Asked for Batman got superman

[@Boogenhagen100]

does anyone actually remember how badly the economy was broken by Jimmy Carter between '80 and '84? things were awful, if you got any of the good stuff you wanted you were lucky.

[@MarK-x9y]

Every Christmas eve mum and dad took me visiting in laws. I always received extra presents from my dad's sisters/brothers etc. So it was actually exciting to see these aunts and uncles who for the rest of the year I never saw again lol. Anyway they knew about star wars etc. So on Christmas day I found that I had received a Flash Gordon annual from one of them - not star wars. Two boring football annuals (same book twice) and a Space Warriors pop-up book... Yawn

[@rhettgenung1223]

Mr. ROCK! ❤ WHAT A FIG

[@subraxas]

Well, nowadays Mr. Rock is quite a highly sought-after fig amongst vintage Mego collectors. It is one of those odd novelties. Sealed on a card would for sure go for hundreds of Dollars.

[@Chris.Mc83]

Hey I lucked out, I got both the Kenner Robocop and the Radio Shack Galactic Man! 😅

[@garyclem4765]

Funny thing is spook chaser bootleg figures are selling for alot now a days 😂

Absolutely correct junkman

[@MaikKatie]

Thank you so much for this amazing video! I need some advice: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?

[@Sammy_Boy_Smith_Rules]

Somewhere out there,. someone got all of those gifts over the years... And he was.... Jeffrey Dahmer!

[@subraxas]

Hey, Junkman! Send me the 'Star World' case if you don't want it. I live in London, UK. 😛 Thanks in advance. 🙂

[@skylercogburn6553]

Spook chasers lol REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE